Mystery as 300 stingrays are found washed up on a Mexican beach

The article suggest they where caught in the nets of a fisher boat and because the aren't proffitble got relased. They did show cuts.
It was in the region Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

According to Bob Rubin, one of the world's leading expert on Rays of Santa Rosa Junior College in California, the mass stranding could have
been caused by large underwater noises or electrical signals which may have caused some state of disorientation www.dailymail.co.uk...

Somehow I still believe the methane levels are rising rapidly. Or something is happening down there. Many to follow.

The last time we saw sea creatures start washing up in huge numbers underwater volcanoes started going off near the Indonesian side of the Ring
of Fire. I know of no underwater volcanoes on the Gulf side of Mexico, so I'm wondering if the stingrays might have wandered into the "red tide"
dead zone and the currents washed them up on the beach at Veracruz. Just a guess.

Apparently they were dumped there by fishermen who couldn't sell them.

Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a
good price for them. Food vendor Adriana Loredo says she was at the beach when she saw fishermen dumping the rays from their nets. www.huffingtonpost.com...

Just think this is terrible!!! I'm ok with fishermen & eating seafood, but maybe checking the market & pricing for your catch before you go and
kill all these beautiful creatures. I hope the Mexican authorities have some type of action to take against them if it is proved they did this.
I think that these rays are actually stingrays a type of Eagle Ray called a Cownose Ray. They do swim in large schools in the Gulf of Mexico.
myfwc.com...

I believe that what ever chemical they used to clean the oil spill in the Gulf managed to make the sea life a bit inhabitable. I believe their are
lawsuits from the fisherman because their lively hood had been decimated. If they are in such dire straits I would think that they would choose to
keep them; legal or not. No rules Mexico!

Another note worthy thought is that the storm that hovered over the gulf and the southeast during the July 4th holiday could very well have stirred up
a great death concoction for them since they are usually found rising in the sea floor. Subjected to the chemicals by direct contact.

I'm sure a bunch of decomposing rays on a beach is kind of a health hazard too, so yes, fines should be assessed here, at least. Why couldn't the
fishermen sell them for Bay Scallops?

In the Caymans, there are excursions where you can swim with a bunch of rays, even have them massage you, etc. It's a pretty cool commune with nature
experience I'd highly recommend if you ever get the chance. Pretty amazing experience.

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